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The Mardi Gras Parade, from a Child's Ladder
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Kids -- and adults -- enjoy a little extra lift during a parade from a Mardi Gras ladder.
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A parent's checklist: car safety seat; jogging stroller; Mardi Gras ladder. Commentator Chris Rose finds you can still have fun on Carnival in New Orleans when you're a parent — you just need a few more accessories.
The key, Rose says, is a Mardi Gras ladder, a regular ladder outfitted with seats to give kids the best vantage point to see the floats and catch a few trinkets thrown by members of parade organizers or krewes that pay homage to figures from Bonaparte to Bacchus.
Rose's ladder is painted the traditional colors of Mardi Gras: purple, green and gold. It has safety straps, an umbrella holder, hooks for hanging beads — and cup holders. After all, having your hands full while revelers on floats hurl plastic beads at your family isn't a good idea.
For anyone wondering how useful a Mardi Gras ladder can be, Rose says St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner. For that parade, Rose says that while the ladders are handy in providing a good view, they're also best to "catch the cabbages and onions they throw into the crowd."
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